Yeah, they would have had him jobbing to guys half his size. That's always bothered me in AEW. They always seem to have smaller wrestlers go over their monster sized guys. Wardlow, Archer, Brian Cage, Nyla Rose all job (regularly) for smaller talent.....
TK pushes wrestlers based on how OVER the wrestler is not how big or small they are. Just because someone is big doesn't mean they should automatically go over someone that's small. For example Riho is over with the fanbase Nyla Rose is not. Therefore Riho gets the push. It's not really all that complicated.